Thank You for Redefining “Basic,” Carrot & Rose Moisturizer

A rose is not just a rose, when you need your allergy meds on IV drip.

Better yet, I’ve been prescribed an inhaler.
I’ve been roaming this Earth for the longest. Then one day, after one city block, I’m achy and winded. ¿Pero Que? My resistant, inner spirit is like, “Nah… we got this.” I think: this is normal after combating the mother of all super viruses. But both the Good Angel and the Bad Angel on my shoulder are like, “Ay nó, nó, nó!”

Jes…..tho, I had the mother of all super viruses.

I worked an event, like models do because runways and platforms don’t always pay the light bill. It was a sponsored, OshKosh B’Gosh-type, soirée, equipped with a slide and some monkey bars. I was given the honor of tatting up a bunch of little kids- of every variety: hipster, bohemian, hippie, preppy and non- descript, with temporary dinosaur, heart, rocket, star…. decals of all kinds.

Oh… How cu….te.
Nah…. ah, because I know some of those little ones weren’t vaccinated. They gave me their own measles, mumps, rubella-brand, nasty-ass ear and chest infection. One look at me and my doctor said, “What is this this?!”

When I left with scripts for antibiotics and pharma-mixology, cough syrups, she commenced praying for me. I should mention that my doctor is a nun. But that’s not the point. I needed praying for. Tha’T! is the point.

So two weeks later I’m left energy-less, a puddle of mush, and sore to the touch. Worse? I can’t roam the Earth, like I do, any longer. No subway. No grocery store. No wine & spirits shop. Ná!

So I check in with my inner spirit. He’s like, “we just need time to heal.”

Me: “This is just the aftermath.”

The Good Angel and Bad Angel: they’re fiddling with beads and lighting prayer candles.
[Sucks teeth. Know what you two…?]

So I need to think, like really think. Thinking is tough when your body is depleted of electrolytes. So I do what I know to be best: I reach for a new tube of moisturizer.

Whatever. That’s how I regroup. 😳

This time, it so happens to be the Seraphine Botanicals, Carrot & Rose moisturizer that came in one my many ipsy bags.

It’s a light weight, vegan, gluten free, non GMO, non animal tested formula. Better yet it smells like wherever the better angels live in heaven- one of those better neighborhoods they don’t talk about in the bible. I mean the scent really is divine. It isn’t over-powering or irritating–especially for someone like myself, who almost always experiences allergic reactions topically and nasally to anything with fragrance. Spritz me with something fragrant, and I’mma sneeze my life away.

The main emollient is good ole glycerin, vegetable oil- which, hey, was never broke to begin with. Combined with an organic emulsifier, Carrot & Rose is suitable for face, hands and body. I found it too thin for my dry hands, but it’s consistency was just right for my face, chest and neck, spreading on oh so lovely. It soothes, moisturizes and seals moisture into your skin. It’s light enough for hot weather, yet textured enough for when the season began change.

O.k. I’ll admit: if your looking for something chock-full of antioxidants and amino acids, this isn’t it. (Gotta find you a night cream.) But sometimes all you need a moisturizer to do is: moisturize, and it’s a job well done. Go back on with your life. So this product is perfect for travel, or after the gym or when you just need a olafactory pick me up. Sometimes the antioxidant rich formulas you may think to bring with you, have ingredients that would render ineffective, after being stored at anything higher than room temperature. So a product like Carrot & Rose is great for “on the go. ” But honestly, sometimes it’s nice to just know that the active ingredient is tried and true, and one thing only. Ah….. I know what I’m putting on my skin, and I won’t need to keep the Benadryl, Ventolin or Vicks close by just in case.

FYI: a quick note to Seraphim Botanicals, and the product specialist verified that the glycerin in Carrot & Rose is not derived from either carrots or roses– in case you are allergic. This is a real thing. I have sisters allergic to both, and one with sensitive skin- all to who I now feel confident about gifting Carrot & Rose.

As for me, I didn’t get off so easily. A second trip to Sister MD, and she confirmed that it was normal to be weak and lame after a bad virus. She also diagnosed me with Seasonal Allergy Induced Asthma because I stopped taking my allergy meds in exchange for antibiotics. (I never took the antibiotics. Ssssh.) So now I’m a weezer with an inhaler, packed along side my Zyrtec, rosy lip balm and Seraphim Botanicals Carrot & Rose. The angels on my shoulder are dancing, and I’m like, wuz’up wit your candles now?! Cuz we can’t breath, Good Boo and Bad Boo.

My inner spirit says this will just make us stronger.

But dude…, our job is like an incessant string of P.E. Uh really?!

But to a Carrot & Rose I say: Thanks for just being what you say you are because sometimes reliable, clear, trustworthy, uncomplicated and all things once “basic” are what we need.